Lehntest du dein Jagdgewehr!"
and the response:
"Audubon, den Vogelfänger
Sangst du an, mit Herzeleid;
Freiligrath, o grosser Sänger!
Deine Lieder fliegen weit."
See also J. Bayard Taylor, "Audubon. From the German of Ferdinand Freiligrath," Graham's American Monthly Magazine, vol. xxvi, p. 264. This poem consists of twenty stanzas, the first four and best of which are:
Man of forests and savannas!
On the Mississippi's tide,
Leanest thou thy hunting-rifle